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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Hargetts Crossroads (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hargetts Crossroads. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Hargetts Crossroads ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Hargetts Crossroads: Hargetts Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Hargetts Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hargetts Crossroads may originally have been Hargett's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hargetts Crossroads might be written as Hargett Crossroads.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jones County: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Lenoir & Onslow.

Below are the counties that are near Hargetts Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hargetts Crossroads:

  • Jones County     (The home county of Hargetts Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.
    • Taylors Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Comfort
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Combs Fork
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Combs Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
      • Combs Fork is located in Jones County
    • Shady Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Phillips Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sassers Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pollocks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Trenton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Wise Forks
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Olivers Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olivers Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
      • Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
    • Olivers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Chadwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
      • Chadwick is located in Jones County
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.
    • Dover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Cove City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Barnwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tuscarora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • River Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
      • River Bend is located in Craven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
    • Clark
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
      • Clark is located in Craven County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Clark
      • From Hargetts Crossroads to Clark
  • Duplin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.
    • Potters Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potters Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
      • Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
    • Hadley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
      • Hadley is located in Duplin County
    • Resaca
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Petersburg Crossing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Crossing
      • Petersburg Crossing is located in Duplin County
    • Beulaville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Quinns Store
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cabin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cabin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin
      • Cabin is located in Duplin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cabin
      • From Hargetts Crossroads to Cabin
    • Leon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Duplin County
    • Fountain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
      • Fountain is located in Duplin County
    • Jacksons Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lyman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Lyman is located in Duplin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lyman
      • From Hargetts Crossroads to Lyman
    • Kornegay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.
    • Glenfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jason
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hookerton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hookerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookerton
      • Hookerton is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hookerton <4>
  • Lenoir County
  • Onslow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.
    • Richlands
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
      • Richlands is located in Onslow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richlands <4>
    • Catherine Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mill Pond Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Pond Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
      • Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
    • Half Moon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Moon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
      • Half Moon is located in Onslow County
    • Shamrock Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
      • Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
    • Cardinal Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cardinal Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
      • Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
    • Acorn Forest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxhorn Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxhorn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
      • Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
    • Jacksonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pumpkin Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
    • Aragona Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aragona Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
      • Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
    • Midway Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Park
      • Midway Park is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midway Park <4>
    • Piney Green
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
      • Piney Green is located in Onslow County
  • Pender County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.
    • Maple Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Willard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
      • Willard is located in Pender County
    • Watha
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watha
      • Watha is located in Pender County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Pitt County
    • Quinerly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sampson County
    • Turkey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
      • Turkey is located in Sampson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 292 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turkey <4>
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.
    • Seven Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
      • Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
    • Elroy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elroy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Elroy is located in Wayne County
    • Mount Olive
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dudley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Dudley is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dudley <4>
    • Berkeley Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berkeley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
      • Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
    • Brogden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brogden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
      • Brogden is located in Wayne County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hargetts Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Hargetts Crossroads.

Cemeteries Near Hargetts Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hargetts Crossroads.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hargetts Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<7>

While we didn't find Hargetts Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hargetts Crossroads.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hargetts Crossroads, with the one closest to Hargetts Crossroads listed first.

  • Comfort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Richlands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
    • Richlands is located in Onslow County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richlands <4>
  • Resaca
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Beulaville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Deep Run
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Leon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Leon is located in Duplin County
  • Lyman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lyman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
    • Lyman is located in Duplin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lyman
    • From Hargetts Crossroads to Lyman
  • Gum Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
    • Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
  • Albertson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sarecta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hallsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Hallsville is located in Duplin County
  • Catherine Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Chinquapin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Strabane
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strabane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
      • Strabane is located in Lenoir County
    • Outlaws Bridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hargetts Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hargetts Crossroads.

Newspapers Published in Hargetts Crossroads ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hargetts Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hargetts Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hargetts Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hargetts Crossroads:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hargetts Crossroads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jones County: www.co.jones.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hargetts Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hargetts Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0032, Longitude: -77.6373       In this case, the coordinates for Hargetts Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hargetts Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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